Nicole Richie serve jail sentence less than 2 hours

Nicole Richie was released just after serving for just 82 minutes out from four-day sentence for DUI on Thursday.This was because the jail was crowded according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

She was accompanied by her lawyer and her unborn baby’s father boyfriend Joel Madden, Richie entered the jail in Lynwood, Calif., at 3:15 p.m. for booking. She was processed into the system and released at 4:37 p.m., a sheriff’s statement said.

The statement said she was released “based on her sentence and federal court guidelines.” Under the current sheriff’s policy, non-violent female offenders sentenced to 30 days or less are booked and released within 12 hours.